History Recap / SpongeBobSquarePantsChocolateWithNutsMermaidManAndBarnacleBoyV

** [=SpongeBob=] tells a fish with a shiny bald head that their chocolate will make his hair grow. The fish is glad, since his wife was trying to grow a beard.

** Not everything is at it seems. Some people are just bad at expressing themselves and might genuinely turn out to be an asset to you.

** Being a salesman is not an easy job.
** Don't assume eccentric customers are dangerous. They might genuinely want to buy your products.
** Tom provides one. If somebody tries to sell you something you love, don't get over-excited. You might scare that person away.
** Don't believe in sob stories. They're most likely attempting to gain something out of you.

** Always be honest to your customers when you sell things.

** [[ILied Lying]] is an [[SpoofAesop excellent method]] of selling your wares.

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'''Original air date''': 6/1/2002 ''(produced in 2001)''

The one where they're selling chocolates.[[note]]What, what are they selling?[[/note]]

The one where [[FunWithAcronyms every villain is lemons]].

* EverybodyLaughsEnding: Taken UpToEleven when virtually every single character who's had a speaking role in the episode shows up at the end to share in a hearty laugh. Doubles as OverlyLongGag.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: The injured fish [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick encounter doesn't sound quite serious when talking about his injuries. He also does not ask for chocolate but instead asks them to deliver more chocolate in exchange for all the money they've earned. Once they're out of sight, he is revealed to be the con man.

* BaitAndSwitch: Spongebob tells a fish with a shiny bald head that their chocolate will make his hair grow. The fish is glad, since his wife was trying to grow a beard.

* ShaggyDogStory: It turns out the customer that went crazy over [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick's chocolate wanted to buy all their chocolate.

%%* SmugSnake: The con artist.

* AnAesop: Your kid will grow up, so treat them like the adult they are.

* DisasterDominoes: Captain Magma (Squidward) burning Quickster/Spongebob sets off a chain reaction that results in the I.J.L.S.A. getting utterly demolished.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The International Justice League of Super Aquaintances are a subsidiary of Viacom. Viacom is, of course, the parent company of Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}.

* ForWantOfANail:
** Barnacle Boy becomes a supervillain, terrorizes the citizens of Bikini Bottom and takes on his own crime-fighting partner because he wanted an adult-sized Krabby Patty.
** Captain Magma (Squidward) burning Quickster/Spongebob sets off a chain reaction that results in the I.J.L.S.A. getting utterly demolished.

* StatusQuoIsGod: Despite Barnacle Boy changing his name to Barnacle Man, he's back to being called Barnacle Boy in subsequent episodes.

* ButThouMust: Parodied. Squidward initially refuses to join I.J.L.S.A., but Mr. Krabs will have none of it and forces him to join at the risk of his job.
-->'''Mermaid Man:''' Who wants to save the world?
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' I do!
-->'''Sandy:''' I do!
-->'''Patrick:''' I do!
-->'''Squidward:''' I ''don't''!
-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' (''sprints in and confronts Squidward'') Oh, yes, you do! No world means no money! Now go save the world OR YOU'RE FIRED! (''runs back to the Krusty Krab; Squidward grumbles'')
-->'''Mermaid Man:''' That settles it!

* ForWantOfANail: Barnacle Boy becomes a supervillain, terrorizes the citizens of Bikini Bottom and takes on his own crime-fighting partner because he wanted an adult-sized Krabby Patty.

* FunWithAcronyms: A rather nonsensical one with E.V.I.L., which stands for '''E'''very '''V'''illain '''I'''s '''L'''emons.

* PokeThePoodle: While they have the power to blow up buildings, swallow up banks and feed bomb ice-cream cones to unsuspecting civilians, E.V.I.L.'s crimes mostly consists of a bunch of juvenile pranks, such as ding-dong ditches and making fun of teenagers at Make Out Reef. Dirty Bubble also asks Barnacle Man to make Mermaid Man eat dirt.

* ComicallySmallDemand: After E.V.I.L. wins their fight with the I.J.L.S.A., Barnacle Boy's able to force Mermaid Man to agree to his demands: to be treated as a superhero in his own right rather than a sidekick, to be called Barnacle ''Man'', and to be allowed to eat adult-sized Krabby Patties. Man Ray and the Dirty Bubble are clearly disappointed, since they wanted [[TakeOverTheWorld World Domination]] (and in the Dirty Bubble's case, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking to make Mermaid Man eat dirt]]).

* ShoutOut: The International ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague'' of ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}} Super Aquaintances]]''. Just to hammer it home, each of the members[[note]]except Miss Appear, who's seemingly based on the ComicBook/InvisibleWoman[[/note]] is a parody of a specific member of one of those groups: Captain Magma is based on ComicBook/{{Firestorm|DCComics}}, The Quickster is based on Franchise/TheFlash, and the Elastic Waistband is based on ComicBook/PlasticMan and ComicBook/ElongatedMan.

* UnexplainedRecovery: The Dirty Bubble is perfectly fine after being popped by [=SpongeBob=] in "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E20HookyMermaidManandBarnacleBoyII Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II]]" and Man Ray apparently has the ability to enact evil deeds without feeling a tickling sensation which he received in "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E11MermaidManAndBarnacleBoySquirrelJokes Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III]]".

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Barnacle Boy is old enough to have hair growing out of the wrinkles on his liver spots, but Mermaid Man continues to treat him like his "young ward" by talking down to him and ordering him food off the children's menu. Everyone at the Krusty Krab starts picking on him for it, which drives him to villainy.

* KissingInATree: Barnacle Boy, Man Ray and the Dirty Bubble use this rhyme when torturing a couple at Make Out Reef.

** In the Latin American Spanish dub, this is changed to ''subsidiaria de los hermanos tú sabes'' (subsidiary of the you-know-who brothers), changing the reference to be about Creator/WarnerBros, the parent company of DC Comics. It can be seen here (at the very end): [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hyk0J3uztE]]

* StatusQuoIsGod: While Spongebob and Patrick do get to keep their large sum of money from Tom, they end up spending the entire thing booking an expensive restaurant for a private date with the two elderly ladies they had sold chocolate to...on Squidward's only night to be fancy no less.

** Being a sidekick isn’t a bad thing.

* BattleCry: Captain Magma shouts ''"Krakatoa!"'' before erupting, which is the name of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa volcano]] in Indonesia that had a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_eruption_of_Krakatoa devastating eruption in the 19th century.]]

-->'''Mermaid Man''': Who wants to save the world?
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': I do!
-->'''Sandy''': I do!
-->'''Patrick''': I do!
-->'''Squidward''': I ''don't''!
-->'''Mr. Krabs''': (''sprints in and confronts Squidward'') Oh, yes, you do! No world means no money! Now go save the world OR YOU'RE FIRED! (''runs back to the Krusty Krab; Squidward grumbles'')
-->'''Mermaid Man''': That settles it!

* SuperheroEpisode: [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, Squidward and Sandy become superheroes and team up with Mermaid Man to defeat E.V.I.L.

-->'''Barnacle Man''': (groans) There goes our toy deal...

* UnskilledButStrong: The new [=IJLSA=] are all greenhorns (except for Mermaid Man, of course), but they all still have superpowers due to the powers being in the costume. Deconstructed because a lack of finesse and experience led to a chain reaction that decimates all of them without the bad guys having to do anything.
* UnsoundEffect:

* DumbassHasAPoint: Patrick's observation about the false advertising for Barnacle Chips is what gives [=SpongeBob=] the idea to use the same ploy to sell their chocolate.

* SmugSnake: The con artist.